And if doctor says that you don't have IBS with constipation, you might want to get a second opinion, because I had doctors that were telling me... of course, a lot of this has to do with science - progressing.
I actually marched on Washington twice for reproductive freedom. I was spokesperson for voters for choice for six years.
I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about.
I had a lot of input, and I wanted to do so we did two Cybill Shows on menopause. I went on Oprah for an hour and wrote a song called 'Menopause Blues.' I have a new album called Cybill at Home.
I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family.
I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.
I was doing a lot of work at that time- like Moonlighting, the Cybill Show. Uh... I just really - and most women even today are not diagnosed - it takes them three years to get a proper diagnosis.
I was misdiagnosed for years and years, when they even told me that it was all like emotional and psychological.
I was searching myself to find something that would help me with all of my symptoms. Then I went to my doctor, and she suggested that I try this.
It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.
It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.
They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery.
This is my third stage in my advocacy for women's health, and it's regarding a subject that- since I've suffered many many years without being diagnosed- I feel that I have something special to say to women about - about what these symptoms are, or IBS with constipation.
When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria.
You know, women have a history of just being - we've been told all our lives not to say - in the fifties you couldn't say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television - and then gradually things have changed.
Cybill turned down being a co-host with
Cybill refused to try out for the part of Daisy in The Great Gatsby because she felt they could see she was perfect for the part. The role got to
One of the characters in American Beauty was based on Cybill Shepherd. The part was played by
When Cybill's youngest children moved away to college, she suffered from the empty-nest syndrome. To cope with it she moved in her things in their bedrooms and spent a lot of time there.
Cybill made her stage debut in New York 1977 with A Shot In The Dark.
The name Cybill is a contraction of her grandfathers' names, Cy and Bill. Had she been a boy her name would have been Cyrus William.
Cybill's formal training began, at sixteen, studying with the coach of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus when the company was in her home town of Memphis, Tennessee.
Cybill performed in Concert on BBC Radio 2 in 1995.
Cybill appeared in a print ad for Easy Spirit shoes in 2000.
As a cabaret singer and comedienne, Cybill performed for 5 nights, Wednesday 13th March to Sunday 17th March 2002, at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, Soho, London, England.
Cybill appeared in several TV commercials for Loreal hair products in the 1990's.
Cybill appeared in a TV commercial for Mercedes Benz Automobiles in 1997.
Cybill's Star on the Walk of Fame for her contributions to Television is located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
In 1972, Cybill was nominated for the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Female for: The Last Picture Show (1971).
In 1987, Cybill won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
In 1996, Cybill won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical for:
In 1996, Cybill won the Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year.
In 1995, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
In 1997, Cybill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for:
During an appearance at the 1985 Emmy Awards, Cybill wore orange Reebok Freestyle hitop sneakers. This appearance gained her some fashion critism for wearing orange Reeboks with a black formal strapless gown. Even on the Moonlighting set, Cybill would switch from pumps into comfortable Reebok sneakers. Sometimes the sneakers would get caught in scenes during filming.
Cybill's early salaries: The Yellow Rose (1983) $1,000/episode The Last Picture Show (1971) $5,000
As a fashion model in the early 70s, Cybill was discovered for films when director Peter Bogdanovich spotted her on the cover of Glamour magazine while standing in a supermarket checkout line.
Cybill's look-alike daughter,
Cybill is the mother of three children. Her daughter
Cybill revealed in her autobiography Cybill Disobedience that her engagement to Robert Martin (in the book given the fake name "Howard Roark") ended on October 24, 1998 when he told her in their couples' therapy session.
Cybill was the winner of Miss Teenage Memphis 1966 .
When Cybill was 19, she dated
Cybill is 5' 8" (1.73 m) tall.
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